Sec. 7. (a) A person may not sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in commerce, carcasses or parts of carcasses of horses, mules, or other equines or the meat or meat food products of equines, unless the carcasses are plainly and conspicuously marked or labeled or identified as required by rules adopted by the board to show the kinds of animals from which the carcasses were derived.
(b) A person may not buy, sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in commerce, livestock products or poultry products that are not intended for use as human food unless the products are denatured or identified as required by the rules of the board or are naturally inedible by humans.
(c) A person engaged in the business of buying, selling, or transporting in commerce, dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animals, or any parts of the carcasses of any animals that died other than by slaughter, may not buy, sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in commerce, dead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock or poultry or the products of such animals that died other than by slaughter unless the transaction or transportation is made in accordance with rules adopted by the board to ensure that the animals, or the unwholesome parts or products of the animals, will be prevented from being used for human food purposes.
[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-24-9.]
As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 15. Agriculture and Animals
Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products
Chapter 5. Meat and Poultry Inspection; Humane Slaughter Act
15-17-5-3. Designation of Board
15-17-5-5. Powers of Board or State Veterinarian
15-17-5-6. Prohibitions Regarding Livestock and Poultry Products
15-17-5-8. Anesthetic Measures Before Severance of Carotid Arteries
15-17-5-9. Granting of Inspection Service
15-17-5-10. Completion of Inspection; Reasonable Access
15-17-5-12. Duty of Board to Provide Inspection Service; Fee
15-17-5-13. No Inspection for Products Not Intended for Use as Human Food
15-17-5-14. Inspection of Bison, Farm Raised Cervidae, or Ratitae
15-17-5-16. Prohibition Against Use of Official Device, Mark, or Certificate
15-17-5-17. Violations; Penalties
15-17-5-18. Schedule of Slaughter
15-17-5-19. Duties of Establishments
15-17-5-20. Detention of Livestock or Poultry Products or Animals Pending Investigation
15-17-5-21. Procedures for Seizure and Condemnation of Article or Animal
15-17-5-22. Investigatory Powers of State Veterinarian
15-17-5-23. No Right Against Self-Incrimination
15-17-5-24. Failure to Obey Subpoena or Other Requirement
15-17-5-25. Falsifying or Interfering With Documentary Evidence or Inspection
15-17-5-26. Failure to File Report; Forfeiture After Notice of Default
15-17-5-27. Adverse Conditions in Official Establishment
15-17-5-28. Powers of State Veterinarian or Board Upon Finding of Adverse Conditions
15-17-5-29. Notice of Violation; Right to Counsel; Hearing